BLOG by Sandy at Sterling Property Services
Insights, tips and trade secrets on a variety of topics from my experiences as an architectural paint color consultant, professional home stager and painting contractor.
Exterior Painting: Overcoming Too Much of a Good Thing
It's not unusual for me to meet people who don't know how to go about choosing exterior paint colors, so they just paint the siding and trim in their favorite colors. This house in Tryon, NC was different. The former owners had tried diligently to work with the brick,...
Interior Painting Tip: Paint Color Chips and Strips Can Deceive You
Have you ever looked at a small paint chip or color strip to choose a color for an interior painting project? Tough, isn't it! And if you made your color decision from one of these small samples, it's no surprise that the color you wound up with didn't turn out to be...
Exterior Painting: Overcoming Too Much of a Good Thing
It's not unusual for me to meet people who don't know how to go about choosing exterior paint colors, so they just paint the siding and trim in their favorite colors. This house in Tryon, NC was different. The former owners had tried diligently to work with the brick,...
Roger’s Winter Project
Lately Roger has used most of his spare time to work on the large project of refinishing all the natural wood in our house, including doors and casings, windows and casings, fireplace mantles, stairs, baseboards, cabinets, etc. The house is only ten years old and very...